Foreign culture day and the Civil war

In American lit this week we debated whether or not we should have a foreign culture day or not. There were many great  arguments on the both sides. One thing that was brought forth by the group against the idea of foreign culture day was that it encourages unnecessary racism. I realized that due to the actions of one person a whole society has to suffer. To connect this to the civil war because of the actions of a select few states that decided that it is okay to own another person, it caused all of America to go in war for 4 years. This affected people as they had to enlist into the army as early adults and a lot of them died. Another more specific example in the civil war was the battle of Gettysburg where General Jeb Stuart made a mistake by raiding small towns rather than scouting the union army and reporting back to General Lee. His mistake caused problems and complications for General Lee's army, which some historians believe ultimately caused the Confederates to lose the war. What we can take from this is that one person that can be used as an excuse to blame a whole society. So this is more of a character check for whoever reads this. Remember that you represent yourself and a culture or group so if you do something wrong it could be used against not just you but the people you represent.